The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Huang Guan, in fact, Zhu Ying has met him many times.

After all, he is the third grade, and he is the right servant of the Ministry of Rites.

But never talked alone.

The 35-year-old Huang Guan looks very young, as if he was in his 20s.

White and clean, with a dignified appearance and a tall and straight figure.

With a goatee, he is very well groomed, his eyes are clear and energetic, giving people a very clean and comfortable feeling.

This was the first time Zhu Ying looked at Huang Guan seriously.

In the past, he was basically on the Golden Luan Hall. After all, he was more than ten meters away, and he had never looked at him carefully.

Those who can become the champion will never look bad.

After all, in the palace test, appearance is also an assessment item.

"Chen Huang Guan, pay homage to His Highness the Grandson." Huang Guan's eyes were somewhat puzzled. He didn't know why His Highness the Grandson suddenly summoned him today. have been.

Among the six departments, the Ministry of Rites is the only one that has the least right to speak. Previously, the Shangshu had been empty for three years, and later the grandson took over the position and never cared about the Ministry of Rites.

Of course, Huang Guan would not have thought that Zhu Yinghui summoned him because of the fact that he won six yuan in a row.

From Huang Guan's point of view, shouldn't everyone know about the fact that he even won the sixth yuan in history and set a precedent in history?

However, before today, Zhu Ying really didn't know that there was such a number one person as Huang Guan.

"Excuse me, give me a seat." Zhu Ying ordered.

Guo Zhong next to him hastily moved the prepared chair over by himself.

When Liu He came earlier, Guo Zhong was at the side, but he could see clearly that the grandson must have attached great importance to Huang Guan.

"Thank you, Your Highness." After cupping his hands and bowing, Huang Guan sat down with half of his buttocks to show respect for his grandson, which is also the etiquette of courtiers.

At the same time, Huang Guan's heart has also stabilized a lot, and a seat given by a superior usually means optimistic.

Zhu Ying didn't hide it either. As a grandson, he didn't have any scruples. He said bluntly: "I heard that Huang Shilang has been a child prodigy since he was a child. No.800 in 1 years."

"I admire scholars the most. I don't know if Huang Shilang is studying, but what is his secret?"

Huang Guan really didn't expect that His Highness Taisun didn't know about the fact that he won six yuan in a row. Although he didn't say it clearly, he could already guess it.

"Reporting to Your Highness, I have an excellent memory since I was young, and I can easily remember an article after reading it once or twice."

Zhu Ying paused slightly, and asked, "Have a photographic memory?"

Huang Guan said bluntly: "It hasn't reached this level yet, but it's not much different."

Good guy, there is a bit of humility in this statement, but it has been explained that this is basically confirmed.

A photographic memory, a god-level talent.

Especially when it comes to reading.

This means that in the area of ​​reading, especially the Four Books and Five Classics, it has a great advantage.

Of course, the imperial examination is not just about memory, flexible use is also an important direction.

After a little thought, Zhu Ying asked: "Let me test you. There are pheasant rabbits in the same cage today. There are 35 heads on the top and 94 feet on the bottom. How many are the pheasant rabbits?"

Huang Guan didn't even think about it, and replied directly: "Your Highness, this question comes from the "Sun Tzu's Suanjing", but I took advantage of it. I have already read this question, and I can use the nine chapters of arithmetic 'surplus and insufficiency' to get pheasant 23, rabbit twelve."

Zhu Ying didn't want to ask about the scriptures and meanings. The current imperial examinations pay more attention to the scriptures and meanings. To be able to score six yuan in a row, the talent in this aspect must be unparalleled.

So I asked a random arithmetic question. After all, arithmetic is not tested in the imperial examination, and Huang Guan's Ministry of Rites does not know arithmetic.

Chickens and Rabbits in the Same Cage are very famous in later generations, because later generations pay attention to arithmetic, but in Daming today, there are not many officials who have read the arithmetic scriptures. It has been a lifetime to understand the Four Books and Five Classics, so there is no energy to study other things.

Just from this question, it is obvious that Huang Guan has a lot of research on arithmetic.

What, why would I want to test him?

Zhu Ying reacted immediately.

Because he really couldn't think of any more topics.

The simple ones seem unlevel, and the complicated ones seem to have never been explored.

After all, you don't need to take any exams to be a grandson.

As for the topic of previous lives.

Well, he is a college student, a college student, he knows everything.

There is simply no need to worry about the assessment aspect.

Zhu Ying asked directly: "I think Huang Aiqing must have heard about the weeping tree."

Huang Guan nodded: "I have indeed heard about it."

Zhu Ying continued: "How does Huang Aiqing think about such a big reward for me?"

Huang Guan was a little happy when he heard this.

Twice Aiqing, this shows that the grandson has already recognized him quite a lot.

In fact, Huang Guan still has great ambitions in his heart. He is a courtier himself, and the grandson is also the heir apparent of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, when Zhu Ying first appeared, Huang Guan analyzed whether Zhu Ying was the real grandson of the emperor, but the result he got, although a bit bizarre, he was convinced.

Especially in these years, after Zhu Ying took control of the imperial power, the reforms of Ming Dynasty and the changes brought about by Ming Dynasty have long made Huang Guan surrender in his heart.

Regarding Taisun's question, Huang Guan felt that this should still be an examination of the school itself.

Therefore, after organizing some words in my heart, I replied: "The tree of tears must have played a very important role in Ming Dynasty. A few days ago, I heard that the Taisun ordered the army to call 5 people for a ten-year expedition. It means that Taisun already knows the location of this tree."

"Ten years, it shows that this place should be quite far away."

"His Royal Highness has dispatched fifty thousand troops, all of which are mainly infantry, not the Daming Navy. This shows that the place where the Tears Tree is located can be reached on foot, and His Highness has offered a reward of tens of thousands of treasures, which will be hereditary. It is even more clear that it can be converted into silver."

"This means that His Highness believes that those foreign businessmen may find this tree with extremely low income. Although it is slim, His Highness does not want to give up."

"When I was young, I liked to read miscellaneous books, and I was dabbled in the world. In the 27th year of Hongwu, I was fortunate to see the map of the Ming Dynasty. It records the topography of my Ming Dynasty, including Nanyang, Xiyang and other places."

"The tree His Highness is looking for must not be in the South Seas, the West Seas, nor the Western Regions, Tubo, or even East Asia. It should be an undiscovered place."

"If it weren't for this, with the strength of our Ming Dynasty today and the fullness of the national treasury, we can send a large army to it, and there is no reason why the country where it is located."

"The name of the weeping tree reminds me of the description in the Dongshan Jing of Shan Hai Jing, and I think about it, the army that His Highness needs is a lot of auxiliary soldiers. After ten years, only the place described in the Dong Shan Jing can be found." possible."

"Therefore, I deduce that this place should be at the edge of the East China Sea, and at the end of the northward and eastward direction, there should be a road that can cross the East China Sea, as far as the tree of tears."

Hearing this, Zhu Ying already felt what a high IQ talent is.

In other words, Huang Guan has deduced the existence of the American continent based on the information he has obtained so far, and has also deduced that the Bering Strait in the northeast direction has crossed the entire East China Sea.

Today, the East China Sea refers to the Pacific Ocean.

This method of catching clues is very similar to the reasoning of later generations, and it is also the learning direction of the current Ministry of Criminal Justice.

But Huang Guan is in the Ministry of Rites, and is not often involved in the analysis and reasoning of cases.

If Huang Guan had participated in criminal cases before, he would definitely be famous. Zhu Ying had sent Di Yusen to Zhanshi's Mansion before, and had known some of the criminals' expert judges, but Huang Guan's name was not there.

The right servant of the Ministry of Rites is a third-rank official, and anyone who participates in the settlement of the case will definitely arouse great repercussions.

This means that this inference can be made entirely because of Huang Guan's profound knowledge and clear thinking.

This is a seriously underestimated talent.

"Very well, your deduction is very correct. When I was in the Western Regions, the wandering businessman I met did indeed say something about that beautiful and rich land."

"It is a vast and boundless piece of land, even wider than my Ming Dynasty. It has a vast land and abundant resources, and there is no shortage of food all year round. It is located at the edge of the East China Sea."

Speaking of this, Zhu Ying told Guo Zhong next to him, "Let Yueqing bring the map he made."

After a slight pause, Zhu Ying stood up and added, "No need."

Turning to Huang Guan, he said, "Follow me to the study."

Huang Guan got up and bowed to accept the order.

In the study, Ye Yueqing was still changing the map.

"Huang Guan, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, pays homage to the grandson concubine." Huang Guan saluted respectfully.

Seeing Huang Guan approaching, Ye Yueqing stood up and replied, "Excuse me."

Then he looked at Zhu Ying: "Your Highness has a new idea."

Zhu Ying replied: "Huang Aiqing is a rare talent. This time I asked him to come here as a joint staff officer on the march of the expeditionary army."

Ye Yueqing naturally understood what Zhu Ying meant, and left the study after the blessing.

Although she is a grandson concubine, His Majesty has long decreed that female family members in the palace are forbidden to participate in political affairs.

For the grandpa and grandson, of course they didn't take this seriously. Ye Yueqing left because he didn't want to show it in front of his courtiers.

After Ye Yueqing left, Zhu Ying called Huang Guan to the desk to look at the pictures together.

"This is a rough map I drew based on the description of the wandering businessman in the Western Regions. I have asked the Jurchen of the East China Sea in the extreme north of the Ming Dynasty, and it is indeed similar to the description."

Zhu Ying pointed to the Bering Strait and said, "This is the place where the wandering merchant said he crossed the East China Sea. The two places are very short, less than a hundred miles away."

"It's hard to see this place within a hundred miles, but it's extremely dangerous. The extreme north is always cold in winter, covered with ice and snow, and ships can't cross it."

"If you want to cross this place, you have to wait for winter, when the sea is frozen, and then cross on foot, as for America."

Speaking of America, Zhu Ying casually explained: "Buddhist scriptures say that there are four major continents. I think it may be the location of Dongsheng Shenzhou, and it is named because of the beautiful and rich land that the wandering businessman said. America."

Huang Guan didn't tangle with the name, since it was named by his grandson, America is fine.

After thinking about it, Huang Guan pointed to the northeast of Asia and said: "The distance between the East China Sea and the Americas seems to be endless, and our land and the Americas are connected end to end, which must cover half of the East China Sea."

"The map drawn by His Royal Highness Chen Guan is very close to the description of Jurchen in the East China Sea and the memories of wandering merchants in the Western Regions. Among them, the proportions drawn by Daming are especially close to the survey and mapping of the mixed map."

"Fang Caichen, in his heart, used the nine chapters of arithmetic Chapter 1 Fangtian, Chapter 4 Shaoguang, and Chapter 9 Pythagorean combined with Lishu, and deduced that the required road should be thousands of miles long."

"The closer you get to the extreme north, the colder the weather and the more earthquakes. Covered with ice and snow, the land is vast and sparsely populated, making it difficult for the army to supply supplies. Among them, the problem of keeping out the cold and food is the most important thing in this expedition."

To put it simply, Huang Guan calculated the approximate linear distance from the northern border of Ming Dynasty to the Bering Strait based on the size of the map and his own understanding of topography, based on the Jiuzhang arithmetic.

Xueba, or the strongest Xueba in 800 years, is so unreasonable.

Zhu Ying looked calm, as if she was not moved by it.

"That's right, the most critical issue right now is the supply. The marching time is too long, and there is no supply here, so it is difficult to continue. The straits we have reached have to wait for the ice to freeze. It is difficult to guarantee food for the soldiers."

Hearing Taisun's words, Huang Guan carefully looked at the map and said: "I think it's possible to go by water, use sea boats to protect the expeditionary army first, and go north along the coast. As for the places that cannot be entered, we can disembark and walk."

"This can preserve the physical strength of the soldiers, and it can also transport things to keep out the cold. If you are closer, you might as well send more people to help transport the luggage and wait for the sea to freeze."

Zhu Ying blinked.

It seems that the problem I have been thinking about for the past few days has just been solved?

From the moment I came here to now, there is no time for a stick of incense.

Can someone with a high IQ be so reckless?

In the final analysis, Zhu Ying was at the tip of the horns, because she knew that the boat would not pass, and she subconsciously ignored the possibility of taking the boat.

Whether in history or in later generations, people often talk about crossing the Bering Strait on foot, and the Pacific Ocean is vast, and it is impossible for current ships to cross it, so the role of the fleet is ignored subconsciously.

In fact, recently Zhu Ying has felt that she seems to have overlooked something. Maybe in two days, she will be able to think of using a boat to transport food and grass to solve the problem.

It's just that Huang Guan's performance was a bit exaggerated.

Just by looking at it a few times and calculating it in my mind, I not only deduced the distance, but also flexibly solved the grain distribution plan.

Moreover, Huang Guan is also very particular about his choice of words, without showing arrogance at all, and taking care of Zhu Ying's face as a grandson, acting as a think tank to solve problems.

However, this kind of feeling made Zhu Yingyou feel that in the examination room in her previous life, when she was thinking hard about the difficult test papers, the school bully next to her finished it in one go, and then got up to hand in the papers, and finally got a perfect score.

So far, Zhu Ying can feel why Cao Cao wanted to kill Yang Xiu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

This feeling is really not good.

Fortunately, Zhu Ying is not a person who is jealous of the virtuous and capable, and the appearance of talents like Huang Guan is the most pleasant surprise.

For now, Zhu Ying has the understanding that Comrade Huang Guan is a brick and needs to be moved wherever.

"Continue to talk about some details about the supply." Zhu Ying has obviously mastered Huang Guan's usage.

Huang Guan didn't hide it either, and after a little calculation in his heart, he began to tell the story.

How much food and grass does a [-]-strong army need, what should be the ratio of the fleet, and the rations needed for round trips.

Then, if there is no solution to ice on the sea surface, the rescue method for soldiers falling into the water after freezing and exercising on the ice
Huang Guan spoke very carefully, and even calculated the basic numbers, as if he had already prepared a draft before coming here, and now he is just repeating it.

Zhu Ying naturally didn't listen to the continuous talk like this for about a cup of tea.

For these specific affairs, Huang Guan can write a charter afterwards, and then throw it to the Ministry of War for reference.

As the grandson, he doesn't need to worry about these details.